Emil Edvin Wide (22 February 1896 – 19 June 1996) was a Swedish middle-distance and long-distance runner.

[3] Born in Finland as Emil Edvin Hermansson, Wide moved to Sweden in 1918.

[4] He competed for Sweden at the 1920 Summer Olympics in the 3000 metre team event, winning a bronze medal, together with Eric Backman and Sven Lundgren.

[5] Nationally Wide won 12 Swedish titles: five in the cross country (1922–26), four in the 1,500 m and three in the 5,000 m, and held Swedish records over 1,500 m, 5,000 m and 10,000 m. He also held world records in non-Olympic 4 × 1500 m, 2000 m and 3000 m events,[5] and won the United States two-mile indoor championships in 1929.

[4] Wide lived most of hist life near Enköping, where he worked as a school teacher and then headmaster.